HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Waynesboro beats Boiling Springs

New starting pitcher Sadie Harshman made a big splash in her varsity debut and the Waynesboro Maidens offense crushed the ball yet again in a 6-2 victory over Boiling Springs Tuesday afternoon.

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Posted Apr. 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM

Posted Apr. 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM

BOILING SPRINGS — New starting pitcher Sadie Harshman made a big splash in her varsity debut and the Waynesboro Maidens offense crushed the ball yet again in a 6-2 victory over Boiling Springs Tuesday afternoon.

After rattling their swords to the tune of 15 hits in a 12-5 win against South Western last week, Waynesboro added another 12 hits yesterday, including a 4-for-4 effort by shortstop Kaelyn Ashway.

Harshman pitched a complete-game two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and only one walk. One run was unearned.

Haely Beamer and Nicole Kreimer each had two hits for the Maidens, which improved to 2-0 on the season.

“Sadie earned her first varsity win in stellar fashion,” said Waynesboro head coach Doug Stuart. “She was in total control and was ahead in the count pretty much the entire game.”

The early trend has Waynesboro scoring early and not allowing big innings by opposing teams. It continued Tuesday as the Maidens scored four runs during the first two innings to take a lead they didn’t lose.

Waynesboro pushed across three runs in the first frame as Mariah Yingling doubled, Ashway singled, Cheyenne Henning hit a sacrifice fly and Beamer doubled.

Kreimer singled, stole second and scored on an Ashway single in the second inning.

Waynesboro plated single runs in the fifth and sixth innings after giving up two runs in the bottom of the fourth frame.

Ashway singled, stole second and scored on a double by Harshman in the fifth, while Kreimer reached on an error, stole second and scored on an Ashway double in the sixth to get the two runs back.

“Kaelyn just had a great day at the plate for us, and also Nicole had two hits and did a nice job at the plate,” Stuart said. “We did well defensively, and it’s nice you have 11 strikeouts, because that’s 11 balls not in play.

“We’re jumping on teams early which is crucial. It puts a lot of pressure on opposing teams.”

Waynesboro is back in action Saturday morning at the CV Softball Classic tournament at Cumberland Valley High School. Greencastle-Antrim plays Dover at 9 a.m., followed by Waynesboro against Cumberland Valley at 11. Waynesboro will play the winner/loser of the other game at 1.